House Study Bill 292
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON VAN FOSSEN)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the county recorders' county land record
2 information system project and providing an effective date.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 3498YC 81
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 331.605C, subsections 3 and 4, Code
1 2 2005, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. The county treasurer, on behalf of the recorder, shall
1 4 establish and maintain a county recorder's electronic
1 5 transaction fund into which all moneys collected pursuant to
1 6 subsections 1 and 2 shall be deposited. Interest earned on
1 7 moneys deposited in this fund shall be computed based on the
1 8 average monthly balance in the fund and shall be credited to
1 9 the county recorder's electronic transaction fund.
1 10 4. The local government electronic transaction fund is
1 11 established in the office of the treasurer of state under the
1 12 control of the treasurer of state. Moneys deposited into the
1 13 fund are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section
1 14 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the local government
1 15 electronic transaction fund shall be credited to the fund.
1 16 Moneys in the local government electronic transaction fund are
1 17 not subject to transfer, appropriation, or reversion to any
1 18 other fund, or any other use except as provided in this
1 19 subsection. On a monthly basis, the county treasurer recorder
1 20 shall pay each fee collected pursuant to subsection 2 to the
1 21 treasurer of state for deposit into the local government
1 22 electronic transaction fund. Moneys credited to the local
1 23 government electronic transaction fund are appropriated to the
1 24 treasurer of state to be used for the purpose of paying the
1 25 ongoing costs of integrating and maintaining the statewide
1 26 internet website developed and implemented under subsection 1.
1 27 Sec. 2. COUNTY LAND RECORD INFORMATION SYSTEM.
1 28 1. The department of administrative services shall
1 29 supervise the integration of the county land record
1 30 information system created pursuant to section 331.605C, with
1 31 electronic government and internet applications of other
1 32 governmental entities. However, prior to performing any
1 33 integration services for the system, the department shall
1 34 review the system and file an integration plan with the
1 35 general assembly on or before November 1, 2005.
2 1 2. The board of supervisors of each county, on behalf of
2 2 each county recorder, shall execute a chapter 28E agreement
2 3 with the Iowa county recorders association for the
2 4 implementation of the county land record information system.
2 5 The department of administrative services shall prescribe a
2 6 uniform chapter 28E agreement to be used by the counties,
2 7 allowing for variances as to each county. The Iowa county
2 8 recorders association shall submit to the general assembly on
2 9 or before November 1, 2005, a long=range business plan for
2 10 implementing and maintaining the county land record
2 11 information system, including a plan for integrating the
2 12 system with electronic government and internet applications of
2 13 other governmental entities.
2 14 3. The auditor of state shall conduct an audit of the fees
2 15 collected pursuant to section 331.605C for the purpose of
2 16 determining the amount of fees collected and the uses for
2 17 which such fees have been and are being expended. Audit
2 18 results shall be filed with the general assembly on or before
2 19 November 1, 2005.
2 20 4. The development, implementation, integration, and all
2 21 other activities, including operation of the county land
2 22 record information system, shall cease for one year from the
2 23 effective date of this Act. County recorders shall continue
2 24 to collect any statutorily authorized fee during the year.
2 25 County recorders shall not collect a fee for viewing
2 26 electronic documents during the year.
2 27 5. An employee of a county recorder shall not receive
2 28 additional compensation for working on the county land record
2 29 information system.
2 30 6. The fees collected, including those previously
2 31 collected and deposited locally, pursuant to section 331.605C,
2 32 shall be transferred to the treasurer of state for deposit
2 33 into the local government electronic transaction fund.
2 34 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 35 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 1 EXPLANATION
3 2 This bill relates to the county land record information
3 3 system (CLRIS) project.
3 4 The bill requires that the department of administrative
3 5 services oversee the integration of the CLRIS project with
3 6 other state and local electronic government developments.
3 7 Prior to performing any integration services for CLRIS, the
3 8 department is required to file an integration plan with the
3 9 general assembly by November 1, 2005.
3 10 The bill also requires that the board of supervisors of
3 11 each county, on behalf of each county recorder, execute a Code
3 12 chapter 28E agreement with the Iowa county recorders
3 13 association for the implementation of CLRIS. The association
3 14 is required to file a long=range business plan with the
3 15 general assembly by November 1, 2005.
3 16 The bill requires that the auditor of state conduct an
3 17 audit of the fees collected and expended for the CLRIS
3 18 project. The results of the audit shall be filed with the
3 19 general assembly by November 1, 2005.
3 20 The bill provides that all activities of the CLRIS project
3 21 shall cease for one year from the effective date of the bill.
3 22 However, county recorders shall collect the fees authorized
3 23 pursuant to Code section 331.605C. The bill prohibits the
3 24 imposition of fees by county recorders for viewing electronic
3 25 documents.
3 26 County recorders shall deposit the fees collected under
3 27 Code section 331.605C with the treasurer of state. The $1 fee
3 28 collected pursuant to Code section 331.605C, subsection 2, is
3 29 for the purpose of paying the ongoing costs of integrating and
3 30 maintaining CLRIS.
3 31 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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